Inobat Akhatova - Justice for Journalists

Inobat Akhatova

Affiliated media: Oyina.uz , Deputy editor-in-chief

Incident date: December 8, 2022

Attack type:

  • Pressure on a media worker via judicial and/or economic pressure on relatives and loved ones

Who attacked: Authorities

Source: Acca.media

Location: Uzbekistan, Aktash

Additional information:

Inobat Akhatova, deputy editor-in-chief of Oyina.uz, reported that her mother was interrogated at the Narpai District Police Department in the Samarkand Region. The law enforcers were interested in the journalist's content on the social network. They had Inobat's contact details, but did not want to contact her, preferring to question Inobat's elderly mother. The incident took place on December 8, when the Constitution Day was celebrated in the country.

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